A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: Adapted to All Orders of Christians |
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SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT & HOL William 1686-1761 Law,Howard 1799-1879 Malcolm No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 71 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 91 - Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee : in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
Page 291 - My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Page 273 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 263 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 47 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 223 - For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him ; knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Page 9 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental errors of a late book, called, A plain account of the nature and end of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Page 135 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed...
Page 224 - Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh : yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.